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Adam’s incredible journey – 3
Word knowledge
A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a word.
A free morpheme can stand on its own as a single word; e.g. possible.
A bound morpheme has no sense on its own but it can give new meaning to a free morpheme;
e.g. im + possible = impossible, re + place = replace.
1. Separate each word into its base (free morpheme) and suffix or prefix (bound morpheme).
(a) sensation (b) unpleasant
(c) recall (d) location
2. Choose a suffix to change the class/part of speech of each word. Name the new class/part of speech.
-ation -ion -ible -able -al -ly -ous
(a) collapse, verb (b) heavy, adjective
(c) vision, noun (d) horizon, noun
Some bound morphemes, known as inflections, change the grammar of a word;
e.g. walk + s = walks high + er = higher speak + s = speaks eat + ing = eating
3. Separate each word into its base (free morpheme) and inflection (bound morpheme).
(a) tingling (b) interested
(c) reflections (d) boy’s
Compound words have two free morphemes with the meaning of each related to the compound
word.
4. Separate each word into its two free morphemes.
(a) afternoon (b) stairway
(c) moonlight (d) mudflats
If two words are joined but their meanings do not relate to the word they make, the word has
only one free morpheme; e.g. deadline.
5. How many free morphemes?
(a) staircase (b) toenail (c) marvelled (d) passport
(e) towards (f) forward (g) outburst (h) another
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6. For each word, find a synonym from the first two paragraphs of the text.
(a) rejected (b) amazing
7. For each word, find an antonym from the fifth paragraph of the text.
(a) reality (b) tiny
My learning log
Colour:
I can / can’t separate words into their roots, prefixes and suffixes.
I know / don’t know about morphemes.
I understand / need more practice on synonyms and antonyms.
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